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Patented Mzy 14; 1 867.

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RUSSELL J. SKINNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO MANGEL TALGOTI, OF THE SAME PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 64,719, dated llfrly 14, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN GHANDELIERS.

r0 ALL WHOM IT MAY cononnn:

Be it known that I, RUSSELL J. SKINNER, of Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Chandeliers; and I do hereby declare and make known that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and the letters and figures marked thereon, which form part of this specification. I

My invention relates to that class of chandeliers in which kerosene, oil, or other suitable fluid, is usedaaa.

burning material, but it may also be applied to gas-chandeliers, if desired; and it consists in a novel arrangement whereby said chandelier may be let down to be filled and adjusted at any required position or height from the floor of thcroom, and in a novel arrangement to facilitate the filling of. the reservoir containing the burning material, and also in a novel device to facilitate the trimming of the lamp-wicks by raising and removing the globes and chimneys from the burners.

To enable those skilled in the art to construct and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe the construction and operation of the same with particularity making reference in so doing to the aforesaid drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my invention.

Figure 2, a vertical central section thereof at the line a: in fig. 1;

Figure 3 is a transverse section of the oompresser hereinafter described; and

Figure 4, a longitudinal central section of the same.

Similar letters of reference in the several figures denote the same parts of my invention.

A represents the reservoir containing the fluid, kerosene, or other oil; B being outlet tubes leading from the reservoir to the burners to supply the wicks with'oil; 0 representing suitable cases enclosing the wick-tubes. D represent suitable globes or shades arranged over the burners, being supported upon suitable rests, E, detached from wick-tube support or enclosure, which are connected with the chandelier-drop or support by means of arms I E, as hereinafter more fully described. J represents a tubelattached to the reservoir A, as shown, within which is arranged a rod, L, as shown in fig. 2, whose upper end is screwed into or otherwise secured to a nut,.M, which is provided with a wooden or metallic screw, 8, whereby said rod L and the chandelier thereunto attached may be firmly screwed into and secured to the ceiling, as desired. To the upper end of said tube Jthere is attached a cup, K, for ornamentation, and to conceal the device immediately above for causing the requisite amount of friction upon the rod for the purposes hereinafter mentioned. If desired or preferred, the rod L may terminatein the screw 8, instead of having the attachment thereto before mentioned. N represents a detached spool formed device, which is screwed upon the upper end of the tube J, as shown, having one side thereof, or a section upon one side, between the flanges at the end, separate and removable, marked 0, so that a rubber or other elastic band, B, surrounding said device N, will compress and force the movable section 0 up in contact with the rod L with suflicient force, so that the friction will-suspend the chandelier at any desired point, as clearly shown in. figs. 3 and 4. The lower end of the rod L is provided with a suitable groove or shoulder, 0, into which a springcatch, 12, enters to prevent the chandelier from slipping entirely ofi' from the rod. Said spring=catch may be constructed so as to release the rod, when desired to raise the chandelier, either by drawing it out or compressing it, and the upper shoulder of the groovoc may be so sloped or inclined as to allow the'chandelier to be raised without manipulating the spring-catch. Instead of the compressing device above described for permitting the arrangement of the chandelier at any required position or height upon the rod, a series of grooves similar to the one at the end of the rod might be made at intervals upon the rod, so that the said. spring-catch would answer the same purpose," that is, of sustaining the chandelier at any required height upon the rod. In that case, however, the springcatch would require manipulation when the chandelier was being lowered to be filled or cleaned. lhe reservoir is filled by" raising up the annular cap marked a, which fits down upon and closes the top of the reservoir, as shown. Exterior to the tube J there is arranged an enclosing tube, marked I, extending up to about the point where the aforesaid arms F are connected with the central support of the chandelier, being attached, as shown, to an annular sleeve, marked G, fittlngower said tube I, and being provided with an ornamental flange marked H. In the top of said enclosing case I is a vertical slot, at, through which a pin, g,

in the said sleeve Gr passes, as indicated in the drawings. By-this arrangement the said sleeve, with the arms F and globe-supports E attached, can be raised up untilthe pin g comes above the top of the case I, when, by I turning said sleeve, the globes are turned from over the wicks and kept in such position until the wicks are trimmed or renewed, as desired, when, by turning said sleeve back until the pin g comes to the said slot d, the whole drops down to place, as before, the globes and chimneys in their proper position oventhe wicks, as desired. If preferred, instead of having the globe-supports adjustable, joints may be made in the pipes 13 of such construction that no leakage can take place, so that the wick-holders C may be let down from the globes, when desired, for the purposes specified, being supported at other times in the desired position by means of suitable springs or catches, as desired. The cover a of the eservoir fits closely to the case I so as to be sustained thereby when raised up for thepurposeof fillingthhreservoir.

Having described the constructionand operation oi' my invention, I will now specify what I claim, and

desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. I claim the combination and arrangement of the rod L, tube J, reservoir A, tubes 13, and wick-cups C, operating substantially as and for the purposes specified.

2. I claim the arrangement of the spring-catch b, or its equivalent, with the tube J and rod L, when pro *vidcd with one or more grooves c, substantiallyas and for the purposes set forth.

3. I claim the combination of the sleeve G, arms F, and globe-rests E, with the case I, arranged and oper ating substantially as specified and shown.

4. I claim the combination of the spo01N,'movable section 0, and elastic band R, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

5. I claim the arrangement of the cap awith the reservoir A and tube I, or its equivalent, operating as and for the purposes specified and shown. I

' RUSSELL J. SKINNER.

Witnesses:

W. E. Manns, O. F. LICHTNER. 

